Less than 3 weeks to go!

37 week checkup yesterday. Still 1 centimeter... My friend Jessica had her baby yesterday- Hunter Michael Austin. 7 lbs 13 oz. I can't wait to meet him, but I'm not sure that traveling to VA. right now would be the best idea.

I'm pretty much ready for Shawn to make his entrance into the world. It would be nice if we could skip the whole labor and delivery thing! I have a couple of things left to return to Target. The whole point of having a registry is so people know what you want, and if it has already been purchased. Obviously some people have difficulty in grasping this concept! There are 2 items that I have recieved 3 of! ;0) Oh well, it gives me an exscuse to go back and admire all of the baby stuff!

Took the kids to the mall yesterday- Katherine won a drawing for some Webkinz lipgloss, so she has been chomping at the bit to get to Sue's Country Store. Whoever came up with this whole Webkinz idea must be a bazillionaire by now! That little tube of mango flavored lipgloss sells for $5! She got some in her Christmas stocking last year, generally I frown on spending so much on junk- but hey it was Christmas! Chris found a T-shirt at Dixie Outfitters that he HAD to have, he has promised to be my slave for a week. Conveniently he got sick immediatly upon returning home. He has been banished to the upstairs- I definatly don't need a stomach virus going around right now! Since Wilson County Schools are out tomorrow for a teacher workday, I'm expecting a speedy recovery! Who wants to be sick on a 3 day weekend? I'm hoping to get him to clean out my gutters- that will be worth the T-shirt!

Found some super cute candles at the Dollar Store for my patio table candleabra. LOVE them, and they only had 5- I think they were waiting for me! Katherine got some cute fake fingernails with pink flowers on them, and Brianna got a Noah's Ark snowglobe. She is obsessed with snowglobes!

Stopped by the Goodwill, dropped off 2 bags that I had cleaned out of our room that morning. Elton has lost so much weight and had so many clothes that no longer fit. The closet and dressers are much improved! I'm very proud of myself- I hadn't planned on doing that yesterday, but the mood struck so I went with it! Thank God for nesting instincts! Wish I could bottle them! I found Elton a pair of really nice dark olive green shorts with cargo pockets- they still had the tags on them, and I got them for $1.39! I love the Goodwill! Katherine got some cute pajama pants (purple with butterflies of course!) and I got a really nice winter top for Shawn, and some cute pink flip flops for Brianna. She has plenty of flip flops thanks to The Children's Place, but they were adorable, brand new and only 99 cents... So- shorts, pj pants, a shirt, and shoes for $5.30- SCORE!

We went by Lowes and I bought 4 Sweet 100 tomato plants. I love the way they smell- very earthy, and remind me of home. Katherine and I were standing in line to pay for them ( Chris took Brianna to look at the fountains- apparently everyone in Wilson decided to take advantage of the weather and were at Lowes!) I was smelling the plants, and told Katherine to do the same. The man behind me said "Arent' those tomato plants?" I was mildly embarressed since tomato plants are not generally renowned for their aroma, but he was very nice and started a discussion about gardening. When I got home, Elton was disappointed that I had only bought cherry tomato plants. I honestly didn't think he cared! He mentioned it would be nice to have larger ones for sandwiches, and maybe some lettuce, and something else. I told him that if he would till up a garden I would be happy to plant them! We'll see! I wish he would till up the whole yard- I desperatly need to plant some grass- my yard looks pathetic! POSSIBLY a weekend project???

I imagine that depends on what happens today- he has 2 job interveiws today. One for a Quality Control Supervisor in Wilson, and one for a Warehouse Manager in Roberson. He has only recently begun looking for a job, I know he really doesn't want to go back to work until after the baby is born. We've all gotten so used to him being home, its going to be really hard when he does have to go back to work. I've got my fingers crossed for the Lottery. It's 100 and some million now! ;0) He looked so cute this morning. We opted for a blue shirt and khaki pants, Katherine picked out the tie. It's yellow and blue. He wouldn't let me take his picture this morning. Maybe I'll get him when he gets home- depends on his mood I guess. He hates job interviews.

I've been trying to get all of my school work done for the semester. I'm pretty much done, I have a 2 page essay left (which will take no time at all) and I have to post all of my work to my website. Counting on Elton to help out with that! He's much better with stuff like that. I got my term paper back and only had to make minor revisions- thank God! I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Especially since I did it all in one day- research and everything. I'm such a procrastinator! My instructor said he enjoyed reading it, thats a good sign! It only had to be 6 pages, but mine ended up being 10, I used a lot of quotes, and didn't want to take a chance on being marked down for lack of original content. I'm so looking forward to having this semester over and being free free free for the summer! I only wish that Leiner would have shut down now instead of in January. It would be perfect if he was home this summer and Chris was out of school.

My mom emailed me yesterday, she has finalized the dates for her visit. May 20-29. I wish it could be longer, but I'm just happy she's coming. Visits have been few and far between in recent years. We've been fortunate enough to be able to go to Washington twice in the past 3 years. Wish we could make it an annual thing. It's so far away! We really enjoy our visits there. Elton has yet to make it to the West coast- hopefully one day soon. I know he would love it.